Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 737222

Difficulty date
March 7, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N9063U
Make and model
Boeing 737222
Aircraft serial
19944
Engine
Pwa JT8D7B
Part
Skin
Condition
Corroded
Location
Bs 847-880
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

FOUND EVIDENCE OF CORROSION IN FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER AFT CARGO DOOR OPENING. UPON REMOVAL OF DAMAGED OUTER SKIN SECTION, FOUND THAT CORROSION CONTINUED BETWEEN SKIN AND INNER DOUBLER (REF: SRM 53-30-2, ITEMS 1 AND 15) UNDER DOOR OPENING AS WELL AS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY UPWARD ALONG AFT EDGE OF OPENING TO APPROXIMATE STR 20R. CORROSION ALSO FOUND BETWEEN SKIN LAYERS OF FUSELAGE SKIN LAP AT STR 20R FROM STA 847 (AFT EDGE OF DOOR OPENING) TO STA 880. SEPARATED SKIN LAYERS AS NECESSARY TO REMOVE CORROSION OF SKINS PER THE LIMITS OF SRM 53-30-1, FIG 1. REMOVED CRACKED OUTER SKIN BELOW DOOR OPENING AND INSTALLED FILLER/DOUBLER REPAIR PER SRM 53-30-3.